Session 2010-142 with JENKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Application

The School

The Class

Subjects Taught

LIFE SCIENCE

Grades Taught

7th Grade

Number of Students

32

The Project

Project Title

ORGANISMS

Insects To Study

CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

Project Description

THE STUDENTS OF 3RD HOUR WANT TO EXPLORE THE BUSCOPE EXPERIENCE. WE WERE INVOLVED WITH BUGSCOPE TWO YEARS AGO AND WORD GOT OUT THAT THIS ELECTRON MICROSCOPE LESSON WAS AWESOME. THIS YEAR'S STUDENTS ARE NOW VERY CURIOUS AND WANT TO SEE WHAT THE EXCITEMENT IS ABOUT. EVENTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO INVOLVE ALL MY 7TH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS WITH THIS INTRIGUING OPPORTUNITY.

Miscellaneous

Where did you hear about Bugscope?

SUZANNE GIDDENS
JENKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JENKS, OKLAHOMA 74037

Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2011-01-14 10:00:00 from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

8:48am

Bugscope Teamsample is being coated right now

Bugscope Teamventing chamber

8:55am

Bugscope Teamsample is now pumping down, in chamber

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9:41am

Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll!

9:49am

10:32am

Guestscott, what is her name again?

Bugscope TeamSuzanne

Guesttalking to her now

Bugscope Teamcool

Guestshe's waiting for the computer to boot up

Bugscope TeamAlex if you want to do this from admin, go to the bugscope home page and add /admin

Bugscope Teamand then use your login and normal password

Guesthi there

Bugscope TeamYay!

10:37am

Bugscope TeamMrs Giddens!

Guestwelcome to bugscope!

Bugscope Teamhello!

Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!

Bugscope Teamdo you see the butterfly head?

TeacherYes

Bugscope TeamMrs G you have control of the microscope now, if you want to drive.

Bugscope Teamdo you see the white/blue arrows, left and right? if you click on the left one, the screen will move to the left, and you can see all of the presets.

Bugscope Teamif you click on one of those presets, the 'scope will drive to that place

Guestthat curled up thin thing is the moth proboscis

Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at the eye, to the upper left, and as Alex says, the proboscis is the coiled thing

Bugscope Teamthis is one of the scales, or a few of the scales, from the white portion of the wing

Bugscope Teambe sure and let us know when you have any questions, about anything.

Bugscope Teamalso, if you happen to have more time, we can run longer today

Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of the coiled proboscis

Bugscope Teamthe proboiscis has tiny spikes on it that help it hold onto the inside of the flower as it hovers

TeacherDo you have a way, in the future, to investigate the Cabbage White Butterfly's digestive system?

Bugscope Teamwell we could cut one open, like a kid with a new drum and a knife, and see what's inside.

Bugscope Teamwe could cut one open and see if we can see anything interesting. I did a micro ct scan of a caddisfly larva and I could see the digestive tract really well, but that's a whole other machine.

Bugscope Teammaybe what Cate suggested is a good idea -- we could try that and send you a short movie of the x-ray images

Bugscope Teamthis preset moved a bit from the time we made it -- evidence that this is, of course, live imaging

TeacherThat would be great if you could catch images of the digestive tract for us.

10:48am

Bugscope TeamCate has been putting anything interesting she can find into the microCT

TeacherAndres asks, "If you view things in an electro microscope with vacuum space, how do you keep the subject from exploding?

Bugscope Teamthis is the surface of the antenna

Bugscope Teamyou can see mold spores on it, but most of the fine features are probably pheromone receptors -- so the butterfly can pick up chemical scents in the air

TeacherSee Andres' question?

Teachermold spores! interesting!

Bugscope Teamwe only see you logged in Mrs. Giddens

Bugscope TeamI just moved the 'scope to this spore capsule, and you can see the mold spores clustered around it

TeacherI typed his question. Twice for you.

Bugscope Teamthank you!

TeacherAndres asks, " If you view tings in an electron microscope with vacuum space, how do you keep the subject from exploding?

Bugscope TeamIf a sample is wet, it will not pump down until the water is gone. If there is water inside the sample, like in a spider, it may burst open while we are imaging it, and then the microscope vacuum goes down -- everything shuts off until the vacuum is better

10:53am

Bugscope Teamsometimes we will put spiders in the microscope chamber, and their abdomens are still so juicy that they pop/explode

Bugscope Teamso we keep things from exploding by ensuring that they are dry when we put them in

Bugscope TeamGood Question!

TeacherThank you for your time. I will reschedule another day/time with you.

Bugscope Teamif you have another computer, or other computers, students can log in. how is Andres logged in?

Bugscope Teamfor example, we can run sessions and connect with a whole computer lab full of students

Bugscope TeamI just changed us to a new place...

TeacherAndres is not logged in,,,,,,,i typed the question for him

Teacherusing quote marks

Bugscope Teamgood! I was worried about not having seen his question!

Teacherwe have laptops we could use for our next session.

Bugscope Teamthis is from one of the cabbage white dudes you sent

Bugscope Teamthe outside of the proboscis

TeacherHoping for Technology Gods that day.

TeacherStudents are gone.

Bugscope Teamwith pollen on it, one grain of pollen

Bugscope Teamoh no!

Teacher=o(

10:58am

Bugscope TeamMrs G if you have time to stay you can click through the presets and thus save them to your database so the kids can see them from the archive of your session on the home page

Bugscope Teamor from the home page

TeacherLook for my next session request. Always cool to participate in this experience with you.

Teacher-save to database. good idea. thank you.

Bugscope Teamhttps://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-142

Bugscope Teameverything we are doing now, and starting with Alex asking your name as he gets ready to call you, is archived on the page below

Bugscope Teamdo you have time to cruise around or do we need to let you go?

11:03am

Bugscope TeamMrs G I drove around and captured most of the other presets so they will show up in your database. I am sorry we had such a short connection with you today.